Adjustable billiard cue bridge

ABSTRACT

An adjustable billiard cue bridge of usual outline, a horizontal slider at the rear face thereof, integral spring fingers on the slider, a series of recesses in the bridge to receive the spring fingers in releasable latching adjusted position.

I United States Patent 1111 3,576,324

[72] Inventor Rodolph Lareau [56] References Cited Fllchburs UNITEDSTATES PATENTS in No 211 11 3 1969 2,817,525 12/1957 Niemann 273/23 [45]gf 1971 3,081,999 3/1963 Harris 46/lX 9 [73] Assignee ExtensionBridgehead Inc. FOREIGN PATENTS 3,112 12/1903 England 273/23 PrimaryExaminer-Anton O. Oechsle Assistant Examiner-Theatrice BrownAttorney-Charles R. Fay [54] ADJUSTABLE BILLIARD CUE BRIDGE 3 Claims, 3Drawing Figs.

ABSTRACT: An adjustable bllliard cue bridge of usual [52] US. Cl 273/23outline, a horizontal slider at the rear face thereof, integral springfingers on the slider, a series of recesses in the bridge to [51] 15/00receive the spring fingers in releasable latching adjusted [50] Field ofSearch 273/23,46 position.

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II I I .:'::ll| 30!) )K I/U 1-- Z6 Z6 Z4 PATENTEU m ml fiocZoZ aizLarecnu 3y ADJUSTABLE BILLIARD CUE BRIDGE SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Thisinvention provides a positive but inexpensive adjustable cue bridge ofplastic, the bridge being of usual conformation with notches at the topedge and the ends to guide the cue as usual, there being an undercutgroove in the rear face of the bridge slidably guiding and flatlyholding a slider to the rear face, the slider being longitudinallyadjustable in its guide and having a spring finger adjacent each end tolatchingly snap into any selected one of a series of spaced-parallelrecesses under the slider and in the bridge to temporarily hold theslider where desired. The rod to hold the bridge is attached to theslider and the bridge can be used horizontally or vertically with amaximum of extent of adjustment, because the undercut edges of thegroove hold the slider firmly in position in conjunction with the springfinger latch in any position of adjustment of the slider.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view in front elevation;

FIG. 2 is an end view looking in the direction of a row 2 in FIG. I, and

FIG. 3 is a rear view showing the extent of adjustment possible.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION The bridge is generally indicatedat and comprises a flat plate of conventional design at the forward facethereof. At its rear face it has a flat groove 12 with undercut sideedges 14. This groove extends from end to end of the bridge and is openat both ends.

An elongated slider 16 having beveled edges 13 slidably fitting theundercuts M slides in the groove. The slider has a flat bottom whichslides in contact with the flat bottom of the groove.

A pair of longitudinal spring fingers 20 are located in correspondingslots 22 in the slider and have free ends with transverse lugs 24thereon adjacent the ends of the slider. These legs protrude slightlyfrom the lower surface of the slider and ride resiliently on the bottomof the groove, maintaining bevels 18 against the undercuts.

The bottom of the groove has a series of spaced-parallel notches orrecesses 26 therein which selectively receive a lug 24.which snaps intoeach recess 26 forming a releasable temporary latch for the slider,holding it in its selected adjusted position at either end of thebridge. FIG. 3 shows the slider in one extreme position wherein the cuecan be guided as in notch 30 at a very elevated position from the table,the lower lug 24 being held in the highest recess 26. The slider can bethus located and held a plurality of different degrees of extent.

The slider has two end cue guide notches 30 and when the slider islocated centrally of the bridge, it conforms exactly to the shape of thelatter, lying completely behind it so that it is invisible from thefront, FIG. 1, if the bridge is opaque. The slider also has a boss 32for the rod 34 that acts as a handle.

The fingers 20 may be integral with the slider or attached in someconvenient manner.

Whereas the slider may be of any length and may in fact extend outwardlyfrom both ends of the bridge member, it is preferred that it shall beexactly the same length as the bridge 10 and should be provided withindentations at the ends thereof coinciding with the indentations at theside edges of the bridge. On the other hand if it should be desired, theslider can be longer than the bridge member as is indicated in FIG.

Iclaim:

1. Adjustable billiard cue bridge comprising a plate element having atop edge with a series of cue receiving notches therein, a rear face, alongitudinal groove in said rear face, said groove extending along theseries of notches, a slider element in said groove, means on the sliderelement for the application of a handle thereto, said slider elementbeing movable along said groove to project at either end of said plateelement to varying degrees, and interengaging means between the elementsfor temporarily holding the slider element in selected adjustedposition, said interengaging means comprising a spring-pressed member onone of the elements and a corresponding receptive member on the other ofthe elements, and a notch at at least one end of the slider element.

2. The one bridge of claim 1 wherein said interengaging means comprisesa series of transverse grooves in the bottom of the groove in the plateelement, the spring-pressed member comprising a spring finger integralwith the slider element and a projection at the free end of said springfinger.

3. The cue bridge of claim 1 wherein the side edges of the groove areundercut and the slider element has beveled edges fitting therein for alight frictional sliding contact therewith, the spring-pressed membertending to engage the bottom of the groove and yieldingly resistingsliding action of the slider element with respect to the plate element,tending to tighten the bevel on the slider element against the undercutside edges of the walls of the groove.

1. Adjustable billiard cue bridge comprising a plate element having atop edge with a series of cue receiving notches therein, a rear face, alongitudinal groove in said rear face, said groove extending along theseries of notches, a slider element in said groove, means on the sliderelement for the application of a handle thereto, said slider elementbeing movable along said groove to project at either end of said plateelement to varying degrees, and interengaging means between the elementsfor temporarily holding the slider element in selected adjustedposition, said interengaging means comprising a spring-pressed member onone of the elements and a corresponding receptive member on the other ofthe elements, and a notch at at least one end of the slider element. 2.The cue bridge of claim 1 wherein said interengaging means comprises aseries of transverse grooves in the bottom of the groove in the plateelement, the spring-pressed member comprising a spring finger integralwith the slider element and a projection at the free end of said springfinger.
 3. The cue bridge of claim 1 wherein the side edges of thegroove are undercut and the slider element has beveled edges fittingtherein for a light frictional sliding contact therewith, thespring-pressed member tending to engage the bottom of the groove andyieldingly resisting sliding action of the slider element with respectto the plate element, tending to tighten the bevel on the slider elementagainst the undercut side edges of the walls of the groove.